Family Newsletter 9-3-25

School Announcements

• Demographic Verification

• Health Information Update

• Permissions/Agreements

• Parent/Guardian/Emergency Contact Verification

Directions:

1. Log into your PowerSchool Parent Portal.  (If you do not know your PS Parent Portal, there are resources on the login page to assist in account recovery and setup.)

2. Select a student in the top blue menu bar.

3. Choose "FORMS" on the left-side menu.

4. Select a form to review, edit if necessary, consent and sign at the bottom.

5. Hit SUBMIT.

6. Repeat process for additional students

Here is a guide with these steps: Submitting Forms via Parent Portal

For new accounts please reference this guide: 

New Parent/Guardian PowerSchool Account Guide. During the account creation process you can link to your student at the same time.

To link another student to your account please see this guide: Add Student to Account Guide

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please email Chris Boyle at cboyle@psharvard.org

The 2025 Book Fair is Coming!

Mark your calendars for Monday, September 22 - Friday, September 26, 2025, as we partner once again with The Silver Unicorn Bookstore for the PTO/HES Book Fair!

This year’s fair features 215+ book titles, all published within the past 18 months, carefully selected by our very own amazing HES Librarian Mrs. Quaadgras and Paul Swyndon, owner of The Silver Unicorn. 

From hardcover and paperback picture books to easy readers, early chapter books, middle grade titles, graphic novels, MCBS 2025-2026 selections, nonfiction, and activity books—there’s something for every young reader!

Parent Night is set for Thursday, September 25 from 5:00-7:30 PM, coinciding with Curriculum Night.

Interested in volunteering? Fall 2025 Book Fair Signup

All proceeds from the PTO/HES Silver Unicorn Book Fair will support the teachers and staff of Hildreth Elementary and The Bromfield School.

We will start our beginning of the year universal screenings in reading and math later this week. These assessments, which we conduct three times each year, provide information about each student's reading and math skills. Here in Harvard, we use the Amplify mClass literacy and math screeners, both of which are are approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. These assessments are quick to administer and help us make sure all students are on track for grade-level success in reading and math. If you have any questions or concerns regarding universal screening please contact your child's teacher or our ELA specialist, Kerry Cusick: kcusick@psharvard.org.